Psychology developed from the more established fields of philosophy and biology. For example, ________ was an American philosopher and ________ was an

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William James was an American philosopher and is considered the founder of American psychology, while Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and founder of the psychoanalytic approach to psychology. The other answer choices include Wilhelm Wundt as the founder of modern psychology and Ivan Pavlov, B.F. Skinner, and John B. Watson as influential behavioral psychologists. John Locke and René Descartes were philosophers who discussed the nature of the mind, but their contributions to psychology were limited.

Psychology Developed from the More Established Fields of Philosophy and Biology